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Show July 4 Weekend To Create Big Traffic Hazzard 'The biggest traffic jam in the State and Nation's history will occur during the Fourth of July weekend holiday this year", C. J. Olsen, director of the Traffic Division of the Utah Safety Council, Coun-cil, the Utah chapter of the National Na-tional Safety Council, predicted today. To meet the threat of a record breaking traffic accident toll, he urges motorists and pedestrians alike to follow the simple axiom ax-iom of Caution, Courtesy, and Common Sense so they may "BE ALIVE IN THE FIFTH". National headquarters of the Council expect close to 33 million vehicles will pack the highways over the Fourth of July and their speedometers are expected to clock nearly 4 billion miles during the 3-day holiday. Mr. Olsen stated further that "this year we have many dangerous dan-gerous factors a 3-day holiday, increased mileage, annual vacation vaca-tion time, etc." It adds up to a big celebration and a big pile-up pile-up of dead and injured unless we all make it our business to do something about it. We Can d? something about it, because these tragedies result from things under our control. It will, therefore be well to "take It easy on the Fourth. Be alive on the Fifth." |